Monte Smith

Does anyone know what happened to all of Monte T/S stuff? I am trying to locate who has it.

Jim , try Chad Henderson

Ok. Thanks

Also, hit up Gary French on facebook, he had Montes GTX for sale. Hit up Josh King also, maybe he knows of if its for sale

Ok. I tried all of the people you mentioned with no luck. Does anyone have a phone number to Chad Henderson? I talk to Gary French a while back and he didn’t know where the stuff went.

I hope you find it, it would be cool to see in a race car. I remember Monte talking about putting a screw blower on it, as it was going to be the only way the combo would be competitive at the time.
Best of luck

Facebook ? Or try Henderson farm in Alabama ? He is some kind of farmer

Contact Kenny Ford @ PTC He has a lot of it.

So Kenny at PTC has Montes T/S motor?

Yes, if your talking about the big block chevy shortblock with B1 T/S heads. Plus he has much much more (like a trailer full). Call and talk to him. tell him Jim J in Mich. sent you.

FWIW...there's a pair of B1/TS heads that are hemi pattern for sale on facebook.

Ok, I'll ask, How hard is it or what is involved to put those type heads on the chevy short block? Can any head be done like this or only these heads? Just curious, dont beat me up.

It’s not really a chevy block, its a wayne county speedshop block. 😂at least thats what the plan was when mp was selling them. Not a standard mopar bore space.

Not necessarily,, the B1 pro block or Phoenix block was the one Wayne County used. Years ago we had a Big Chevy block in the shop that the B1 TS heads would bolt to,,cant remember who made it ? but it was a BB Chevy block. The head bolt spacing might of been different for the TS heads.

Monte's engine has a block that Donovan did for him, from memory it was a solid block as well. So it may be based on a BBC casting

Well. I talk to Kenny Ford today and he has the block. When I talk to Monte, he made it sound like it was a water block. I will have to call Kenny back and find out. Thanks for all the help.

Might have been a Dale Eicke engine, they were basically a DRCE engine from what I read.

It was a Short Deck Donovan Solid BBC Block that was partially machined, no Lifter bores etc.... If memory serves, LSM Engineering in Michigan did the machine work for mounting the Heads to the Block and Lifter Bores. I believe Mike from Muscle Motors had a hand in it as well.

Exactly. I had just started working at M.M. when that project was going on. Then I was at PTC a little while back and Kenny and I was talking about the history of the motor.

As said it is a Donovan block. Lots of versions of those heads. 4.80,4.84,4.90 versions, bolt pattern etc. The ole Chevpar stuff I know where a couple of the original iron chevpars are

I thought I remembered some one making a Mopar block that was welded together. If i remember right, it was like $14,000.00. Does anyone have any information on this .

It’s a billet block that they add water jackets . Contact al alguire

lol..The Chevpar stuff is a museum piece for sure. Pretty cool to see though, the outside the box thinking it took. Dave Koffel still has a couple of the converted deals in his garage, not for sale just a couple cool pieces of history.

CN will make you just about anything you can dream up for sure but at a cost for sure. Pretty sure the Koffels use a KB block with the TS heads in the Lake Erie Monster with the blown TS headed engine they have. Also have a B1MC version

I believe your thinking of the CFE Carl Foltz block.

Ok. I saw a pic of it somewhere. Does anyone know where? I am really trying too do this T/S deal and make it the best I can. I thank you in advance for all the help.